I’ve had this idea running through my head all day. Where have I failed to yield? I’m not sure why, but I can’t ignore it. I’ve written before about feeling stuck. Being stuck is not only a tough feeling to get past, it’s also difficult to understand why. After spending time with a good friend of mine, I realized that I am not alone in my situation of feeling stuck. We all go through moments when we feel like we can’t make any progress.
I’m at a point in my career where I feel like I’ve hit a ceiling. People that I consider to be mentors and friends have tried to encourage me by saying that I need to become an “unstoppable force” and “break through the ceiling.” They’ve said that I’m just “one good idea away” from becoming/doing something great. Those are difficult concepts to work from when you want to be doing something seemingly totally different.
I realized today that while continuing to work hard at my job, I’ve been trying to force the things that I want to do. In doing this, I am not leaving enough space to become an unstoppable force, break through the ceiling, or come up with new ideas. It has become a monotonous daily grind with the added stress of pushing my personal agenda on my own.
It’s time to yield and put my full energy towards where I am now rather than using most of it to try to get to where I am not. If God wants me in a different position, He has to provide the way. I’m done pushing towards change until God provides me with the right opportunity. This doesn’t mean I am going to stop preparing. When you yield to traffic on the road, you don’t put the car in park and get out. I hope that by yielding, God will soon show me how and help me to become that unstoppable force that can break through the ceiling and conceive new ideas that can become great.